I just received
a sample cover of the revised and updated edition of Victims No Longer.
I couldn’t be more pleased. It is beautiful and inspiring –
and very much in keeping with the tone of the book.
All of the material has been submitted, and the official publication date
is April 2004. This means that it should be available from booksellers
sometime in March. I’m pleased with the expanded content as well
as the cover.

Another event
has been added to my September trip to England. In addition to the events
in Bradford, West Yorkshire and Swindon, Wiltshire, I will be conducting
a one-day training workshop in Southampton, Hampshire on Friday, September
12th.

For further
information and/or registration for this event, contact Gillian Finch
at cisters@btinternet.com

Most exciting
is the news that we have been successful in raising the funds to bring
Ken Hampton to the MaleSurvivor Conference in Minneapolis. I thank everyone
who contributed (money, time, ideas, and expressions of support) to making
this happen.

There have
already been positive ripples from this effort. The government of Australia’s
Northern Territory will underwrite some of the cost of Ken’s visit
to the US – possibly to include meetings with members of indigenous
groups in the US and Canada. They may also send another representative
of the Australian Aborigine people to accompany Ken. Thanks to these efforts,
Ken is making many contacts in Australia: an Aboriginal male survivor
is being listened to - and his ideas paid attention to – by professionals
and government officials. These are exciting times.

Plans are
underway to create services for Aboriginal survivors of sexual abuse,
train individuals within indigenous communities, and educate communities
about abuse and recovery.

And the international
connections continue. I just heard from another impressive Ken. Ken Clearwater
is one of the people who started the first male survivor support group
in Christchurch, New Zealand over 12 years ago. The group is still meeting,
and Ken is the driving force of New Zealand’s Male Survivor of Sexual
Abuse Trust (MSSAT).

Ken said
that he also plans to attend the Minneapolis Conference. So many connections
are being made. I now look forward to greater communication beyond the
English-speaking world.

Ken writes
of how busy he has been lately, in the face of the explosion of events
surrounding abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in New Zealand.

If you wish
to communicate with Ken, you can reach him at mssat@survivor.org.nz